{"slug":"chatgpt-agent-public-research","title":"Research a public page set and keep a source log","summary":"A computer-use style agent visits a list of public URLs and returns notes with the page each claim came from. It does not log in.","agent":"ChatGPT Agent","agentSlug":"chatgpt-agent","category":"Research","categorySlug":"research","roles":["Founder"],"roleSlugs":["founder"],"industries":["Agencies"],"industrySlugs":["agencies"],"jobs":["research"],"topic":"Research","topicSlug":"research","score":19,"difficulty":"medium","estCost":"Whatever plan includes the computer-use capable model you call. The linked source is an API guide, so budget for API or product usage you have actually enabled.","costTier":"low","timeSaved":"Clicking through a known URL list and pasting quotes into a doc.","prompt":"Visit only the URLs I list. Do not create accounts, accept cookies that imply consent to be contacted, or submit forms.\n\nFor each URL, record: title, the date if the page shows one, three factual sentences, and one limitation of the source.\n\nIf a URL redirects, record both addresses. If it fails, record the failure. Do not replace a failed page with a search result unless I asked for a backup.\n\nReturn a source log I can audit in one sitting.\n\nURLS:","steps":[{"title":"Read the computer-use guide before you grant a browser","detail":"The source URL for this playbook is the OpenAI API computer-use guide. It is a tool document. Match your setup to that guide or to the product surface you actually have."},{"title":"Prepare the URL list yourself","detail":"An agent that chooses its own sources will pad the log. You choose the pages."},{"title":"Run the prompt with logins disabled","detail":"No passwords in the prompt. Public pages only."},{"title":"Open two of the URLs and compare sentences","detail":"If a sentence is not on the page, drop it. That is the whole audit."}],"sourceUrl":"https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/guides/tools-computer-use","sourceNote":"The URL is the OpenAI API computer-use guide, which returned HTTP 200 on 15 Oct 2026. It documents a model tool that can operate a computer. It is not a case study of a ChatGPT product surface. This playbook is original and unverified.","date":"2026-10-12","verified":false,"status":"unverified","sponsorUrl":"","metrics":[{"label":"Hands-on time","value":"Audit time for the source log"},{"label":"You still approve","value":"Any login or form"},{"label":"Cost bucket","value":"Low"}],"faq":[{"question":"Has this ChatGPT Agent playbook been re-run for the catalog?","answer":"No. Status is unverified. Paste the prompt, keep the version that worked, and do not treat the time or cost lines as measurements."},{"question":"Is the source URL a ChatGPT Agent case study?","answer":"No. It is the API computer-use guide. The playbook is an unverified reconstruction for that capability. If your product UI differs, follow the UI you have."}],"url":"https://aiplaybookgems.com/usecases/chatgpt-agent-public-research","jsonUrl":"https://aiplaybookgems.com/api/usecases/chatgpt-agent-public-research"}